This sounds like a message for the users, but maybe it is a wakeup for the OS makers. If that many people still see their OS as viable and are willing to use it... then should the OS companies really be holding a gun to their head in what can only be an attempt to wring more money from them?
When I started doing web development 10 years ago we were all pretty much faking it, just using good business sense and general programming principles. The field is *still* developing like many others. So everyone has to learn somehow. There is a lot more to go on for companies seperating web hacks/hobbyists from the professionals however. So I wouldn't worry about an influx of what should be hobbyists like after the bubble burst because of this book.:)
Oh, cry me a river. There are at least 2 options out there that effectively fill the gap. M$ EOLing VB6 will just mean people have to jump to VB.NET or Delphi which both provide the RAD prototyping ability, and arguably provide it better. The real issue is the existing code, and in case no one knows this... EOLing VB6 doesn't mean that existing code magically stops running.
Just because it is "open" does not mean it is actually safe either. It means it has the *ability* to be code checked it says nothing about the quality nor the thoroughness of any checking that has actually been performed.
While you're argument is correct because of the nature of words it just doesn't get us anywhere. It is far more useful to accept that when the respected dictionary companies add a word to the dictionary that it "is a word." And even more so when more than one of them have the word in their dictionaries.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/howdowords. htm
The poster did not say it was not intellectual usage, he said it was not a word. Which would imply something on the order of "smeglefyer." While dictionary.com is less forgiving in its summation it does initially say "Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing." I would contend that/. is casual writing and is conversational.
It is a word. In fact this webster's entry remarks that people always say "It is not a word." When in fact it is.
http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dic tionary&va=irregardless
It would still be more responsible to indicate that a security hole has been found which technically can target any application. The problem with saying that (from the authors point of view) is that in this instance it makes the whole article a nonstarter, because this security hole is caused by user action not software design per se.
capable of working on a range of browsers with native Java support. "The spyware installer is a Java applet powered by the Sun Java Runtime Environment, which allows them to whack most browsers out there, including Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape and others. In the original test, only Opera and Netcaptor didn't fall for the install but Daniel Veditz, who is the head of Mozilla security, has since confirmed to me that this will also work in Opera and Netcaptor," he explained.
Sounds to me like Internet Explorer is only tangentially related.
Let's have a modicum of sense here. We are all going to die sometime... Microsoft has all the earmarks of a company that will live to a ripe old age though.
Your P.S. really gets to the crux of the matter. If society consider something normal then hopeless devotion to it is not considered an addiction. If on the other hand, the people doing the studies and people in general believe a problem exists they can use any study with any result to support the claim. Addiction is probably nearly impossible to define. The question is, are your activities harming your life and those you love. If so, than regardless of addiction your activities need to be changed. The studies that try to put it at a percentage or a time allotment completely miss the real question which is "Does it harm anyone?"
My level 71 thief can get all the "security clearance" I need. I'll send my level 72 Ogre in with my level 74 Mage and work out that whole middle east issue with a few rolls of the dice.
Just remove the traditional music industry as a whole. It is outdated. The labels provide mostly packaging and delivery... if you deliver over the internet the label is severely marginalized. Which, in my opinion, is why they fear internet downloads. They say illegal downloads steal money from them, however if it takes off in a legal form it may *legally* wipe them out also.
I've long thought that music quality degenerated in the last few years because music companies realized they could promote fewer bands at a higher cost per unit, therefore making more money.
If this type of model took off, they would have to spread out their talent searches and promote more bands in order to (potentially) increase uptake rate into a lot of niche markets.
This might also mean you end up with a lot of garage bands with mediocre studio recordings... but heck modern recording studios can make a relatively inexpensive recording sound damn good.
I think there is a "you get what you pay for" effect in music. But I wouldn't mind if there was a greater influx of bands, even with maybe reduced produciton quality, that would then allow the real market instead of marketing executives to decide who rises to the top and therefore. Of course... there are a lot of indy labels out there...
Why would you have to apprentice as an auctioneer to sell something where the auction portion is run by someone else. This seems akin to making people on the Antiques Roadshow take auction classes and an apprenticeship before they can have Sotheby's auction their items. Is this really a way to back into a tax?
This is almost the mother of all bogus patents. They patented the "login" as far as I can tell. Revolutionary. Very Revolutionary. Looks like a patent date of 2003? I bet no one implemented a "login" earlier than that.
Just think of that interview a month or so ago where Roblimo could answer "But not everyone uses Red Hat." to any question or comment that wasn't favorable to Linux, but specifically used RedHat as the distro.
I mean hey, as long as there is so much variance that *any* unfavorable comment can always be countered by finding an obscure reference to something out there. It's a marketing and FUD (f'ed up data form of FUD) jem if I ever saw one.:)
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But... your graphics card isn't being marked as the bane of existence because it is *still* vulnerable to a SYN attack. :)
This sounds like a message for the users, but maybe it is a wakeup for the OS makers. If that many people still see their OS as viable and are willing to use it... then should the OS companies really be holding a gun to their head in what can only be an attempt to wring more money from them?
When I started doing web development 10 years ago we were all pretty much faking it, just using good business sense and general programming principles. The field is *still* developing like many others. So everyone has to learn somehow. There is a lot more to go on for companies seperating web hacks/hobbyists from the professionals however. So I wouldn't worry about an influx of what should be hobbyists like after the bubble burst because of this book. :)
something not currently available.
Oh, cry me a river. There are at least 2 options out there that effectively fill the gap. M$ EOLing VB6 will just mean people have to jump to VB.NET or Delphi which both provide the RAD prototyping ability, and arguably provide it better. The real issue is the existing code, and in case no one knows this... EOLing VB6 doesn't mean that existing code magically stops running.
Just because it is "open" does not mean it is actually safe either. It means it has the *ability* to be code checked it says nothing about the quality nor the thoroughness of any checking that has actually been performed.
don't continue to support crap. eom
Unless I wanted to intentionally compare them to cattle you are probably correct.... :)
Does anyone else see the MEAA's decision as anti-competitive?
While you're argument is correct because of the nature of words it just doesn't get us anywhere. It is far more useful to accept that when the respected dictionary companies add a word to the dictionary that it "is a word." And even more so when more than one of them have the word in their dictionaries. http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/howdowords. htm
The poster did not say it was not intellectual usage, he said it was not a word. Which would imply something on the order of "smeglefyer." While dictionary.com is less forgiving in its summation it does initially say "Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing." I would contend that /. is casual writing and is conversational.
It is a word. In fact this webster's entry remarks that people always say "It is not a word." When in fact it is. http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dic tionary&va=irregardless
It would still be more responsible to indicate that a security hole has been found which technically can target any application. The problem with saying that (from the authors point of view) is that in this instance it makes the whole article a nonstarter, because this security hole is caused by user action not software design per se.
RTFA
capable of working on a range of browsers with native Java support. "The spyware installer is a Java applet powered by the Sun Java Runtime Environment, which allows them to whack most browsers out there, including Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape and others. In the original test, only Opera and Netcaptor didn't fall for the install but Daniel Veditz, who is the head of Mozilla security, has since confirmed to me that this will also work in Opera and Netcaptor," he explained.
Sounds to me like Internet Explorer is only tangentially related.
Let's have a modicum of sense here. We are all going to die sometime... Microsoft has all the earmarks of a company that will live to a ripe old age though.
Oh well.
Your P.S. really gets to the crux of the matter. If society consider something normal then hopeless devotion to it is not considered an addiction. If on the other hand, the people doing the studies and people in general believe a problem exists they can use any study with any result to support the claim. Addiction is probably nearly impossible to define. The question is, are your activities harming your life and those you love. If so, than regardless of addiction your activities need to be changed. The studies that try to put it at a percentage or a time allotment completely miss the real question which is "Does it harm anyone?"
"And" is rarely used to form the acronym. So PERL would certainly fit.
My level 71 thief can get all the "security clearance" I need. I'll send my level 72 Ogre in with my level 74 Mage and work out that whole middle east issue with a few rolls of the dice.
Just remove the traditional music industry as a whole. It is outdated. The labels provide mostly packaging and delivery... if you deliver over the internet the label is severely marginalized. Which, in my opinion, is why they fear internet downloads. They say illegal downloads steal money from them, however if it takes off in a legal form it may *legally* wipe them out also.
I've long thought that music quality degenerated in the last few years because music companies realized they could promote fewer bands at a higher cost per unit, therefore making more money.
If this type of model took off, they would have to spread out their talent searches and promote more bands in order to (potentially) increase uptake rate into a lot of niche markets.
This might also mean you end up with a lot of garage bands with mediocre studio recordings... but heck modern recording studios can make a relatively inexpensive recording sound damn good.
I think there is a "you get what you pay for" effect in music. But I wouldn't mind if there was a greater influx of bands, even with maybe reduced produciton quality, that would then allow the real market instead of marketing executives to decide who rises to the top and therefore. Of course... there are a lot of indy labels out there...
hey! I was going to say that!
Why would you have to apprentice as an auctioneer to sell something where the auction portion is run by someone else. This seems akin to making people on the Antiques Roadshow take auction classes and an apprenticeship before they can have Sotheby's auction their items. Is this really a way to back into a tax?
This is almost the mother of all bogus patents. They patented the "login" as far as I can tell. Revolutionary. Very Revolutionary. Looks like a patent date of 2003? I bet no one implemented a "login" earlier than that.
what you want already exists: http://www.naturalpoint.com/
Just think of that interview a month or so ago where Roblimo could answer "But not everyone uses Red Hat." to any question or comment that wasn't favorable to Linux, but specifically used RedHat as the distro.
:)
I mean hey, as long as there is so much variance that *any* unfavorable comment can always be countered by finding an obscure reference to something out there. It's a marketing and FUD (f'ed up data form of FUD) jem if I ever saw one.